Day 5 of the trip. Daddy has lined up a morning visit to the Collingwood Children Animal Farm. Jerral, in particular, had a great time, getting up close and personal with pigs, goats, lambs, ponies and even managed to get a turn at milking a cow. The afternoon was then spent shopping at the Harbour Town Outlet Shopping Centre, though Mommy didnt really buy much.
Jarien having fun on the bus on way to the animal farm.
Jarien having fun on the bus on way to the animal farm.
Daddy with Jarien in one of the gardens in the farm.
Mommy with Jerral under a canopy of trees.
One of the huge porkies at the farm.
The boys in close encounter of the pig kind.
Lambs having breakfast
Horses grazing ....
... and the boys posing
Jerral getting some early training for life as a farmer
The goats actually started shying away when Jerral squatted down beside them.
This little goat is braver than the others though.
Some sort of very feathery chickens which Mommy and Daddy have not seen before.
Mommy and Jarien at the Hu Tong restaurant which is famous for its dumplings
Hungry Jerral starts chomping on the chopsticks holder while Mommy and Daddy are busy taking photos of the zha jiang mian.
Xiao Long Bao! Quite good, one of the better ones that Mommy and Daddy have eaten.
Wo Tie, also quite good. Overall, the dumplings do live up to the reputation though the main dishes are only average.
After lunch, Mommy bought some sweet treats from a Turkish dessert shop and Jerral handpicked this chocolate rum ball.
Jerral's verdict when Mommy asked him how the rum ball tasted
Daddy and Mommy were strolling along the CBD when sirens started sounding and a host of fire engines swooped into a shop just in front of the street. Daddy and Jerral being very K'Po, checking out the action, which turned out to be a false alarm, because all the fire fighters sort of just milled around in front of the shop before pulling back after some 15 mins. Anti-climax !
Jerral hugging a huge gumball machine at the Harbour Town Shopping Outlet.
Dinner at the so called Claypot King. To be honest, the name is over rated. The 'claypot' arrived within 10 mins of ordering, proof that the rice has been cooked and then simply scooped into a heated up claypot rather than being cooked in the traditional claypot style. Disappointing. The Lotus Root soup is pretty good though.
Jerral seems to like the claypot though, rubbing his tummy in satisfaction after dinner.
To make up for the disappointing dinner, Mommy and Daddy went to this spanish chocolate dessert shop, The San Churros, and ordered some heavenly post dinner treats. This churros with a dark belgian chocolate dip more than made up for the disappointment of dinner.
And this triple chocolate ice-cream simply just blew the breathe away.
Mommy didnt eat much of the dinner, so Daddy went out and bought this sambal squid nasi lemak for her supper, sedap...!
Mommy is turning out to be as frugal as Daddy as this is all the loot she managed after an afternoon of shopping.
3 comments:
wow..look like a great trip.. how did you manage it so well? you still look so good.. i am dieing with two... you still can carry one in tummy and one on your chest.. you are super mommy.!
What an wonderful trip you all have!!!
Hmmm it seems that you all prefer chinese food than oz food. Coz many of your meals settled in chinese restaurant. Hee...
Jerral and Jarien look so happy throughout this trip.
chyun.. we only posted all the nice rosy pics.. haha.. you should have seen our deadbeat face (with carrying the kids) by end of the day.. super tired meh!!!
ya mommy irene.. we still LOVE asian foods! haha
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